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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Français
Description
Férid Boughedir charmingly pulls off a lighthearted comedic fable about, of all things, the 2011 Arab Spring uprising in Tunisia. This year we’re treating the Friends of the Film Festival to the sweet story of Zizou, a naive and sincere optimist whose crush on a beautiful girl leads him to become the unwitting face of a revolution. With two years of university under his belt, but very little common sense, Zizou leaves his Saharan village and finds...
2) Titane
Language
Français
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A Cannes Film Festival sensation and Palme d'Or winner, TITANE is a feverish and jaw-dropping ride from the mind of Julia Ducournau (RAW). With a titanium plate surgically fused to her skull following a car crash as a child, car model Alexia embarks on a wild and ultimately unpredictable journey that questions our assumptions about family, identity and love.
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Language
Français
Formats
Description
At the end of the 1950s, Rachel (Virginie Efira), a young office clerk living in a provincial town, meets Philippe (Niels Schneider), a well-educated man from a wealthy family. They share an intense but short-lived romance, from which a daughter is born. Over the next 50 years, their lives will be shaped by the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, overshadowed by the impossible love of a woman for a man that rejects her, and of a...
Series
Criterion collection volume 492
Language
Français
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Description
When steely French matriarch Junon (Catherine Deneuve) learns she has leukemia, she asks her children and grandchildren at the family Christmas gathering to see if they are eligible to become bone marrow donors. This causes deep friction in the family, especially between Junon's daughter Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) and son Henri (Mathieu Amalric), who already have a tumultuous relationship. Their mother's sickness also recalls the traumatic loss of...
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Français
Description
A man and a woman meet at a chateau, where they feel they have met and possibly had an affair a year ago. Bonus features include audio and video interviews, documentary, short documentaries, booklet with essays by critic Mark Polizzotti and film scholar Francois Thomas, and more.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Français
Formats
Description
An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust, and human possibility. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire and his street-smart ex-con caretaker, The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common.
Series
Criterion collection volume 771
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Sandra has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. So, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes, before time runs out.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1034
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative...
Publisher
Distributed by WinStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
Français
Description
For years, Marie and Jean have spent their vacations at their country home. One day at the beach, Marie falls asleep while Jean goes for a swim. When she awakens, he is gone. Marie notifies the authorities and even after an extensive search, no body is found. Did he drown or did he just run off?
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira offers a foreboding fable of familial unrest. Gebo lives a quiet life in a European port city with his wife, Doroteia. and his daughter-in-law, Sofia. But the family is haunted by the absence of Joao, Gebo₂s son and Sofia's husband. Rumors are circulating of robberies and even darker dealings in neighboring ports. Is Joõ responsible? One night, he arrives home and all is brought to light.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
Français
Description
François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeopardize any teacher's...
12) Kings & queen
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
Description
This exhilarating film from Amaud Desplechin expertly mixes comedy, tragedy, and melodrama to tell the emotionally gripping story of the interesting lives of two former lovers.
13) Wages of fear
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
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Description
In the impoverished town of Las Piedras, desperate men and women scrape out a living under the watchful eye of the ruling Southern Oil Company. When a well explodes, four workers must go on a suicide mission that is their only way out.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
Jean-Rene is the boss of a chocolate factory and Angelique is a talented chocolate maker. They are both emotionally challenged people. Drawn together through a shared passion for chocolate, Jean-Rene and Angelique fall in love, but neither is able to express how they feel. Sadly, their crippling shyness is driving them apart. But eventually, they manage to overcome their lack of self-confidence, and risk baring their true feelings.
Series
Criterion collection volume 330
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
2006, 1987
Language
Français
Description
Based on the director's life, this film chronicles Malle's experiences during the German occupation of France in World War II.
16) Marguerite
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
1921 not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream.
17) Mozart's sister
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Français
Description
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, Nannerl has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Bonus features included.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
Description
Alex and Marcus are a couple whose story is told over the course of a fateful evening in a series of long takes. An emotional odyssey that unspools in reverse from gut-wrenching violence to sweetly observed moments of sublime tenderness. ADULT CONTENT!!!
20) White material
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Français
Description
Maria is an entitled white woman living in Africa, desperately unwilling to give up her family's crumbling coffee plantation despite the civil war closing in on her. A gripping evocation of the death throes of European colonialism and a fascinating look at a woman lost in her own mind. Special features included.
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